Supply Chain Company Looking for Supply Chain / IT Consultant at Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

About the job:

We are a young and innovative Supply Chain Management company with lots of experience in SCM projects. We are specialised in accelerating and optimising food & feed, commodity and retail supply chains. Using proven solutions and concepts in every aspect of the project life cycle, from analysis to implementation.

At Supply Chain Company (SCC) we typically work in teams with our partners and customers. We focus on improving forecasting, planning, operational efficiencies & growing sales, and margins. To achieve this, we work with some of the best software partners around the globe to combine.

A typical day with our customers:

• Making a detailed data analysis to uncover strengths and deficiencies in customer processes, to guide optimal solutions
• Defining business goals and action plans
• Leading business and technical workshops with client and partner teams
• Configuring advanced solutions in collaboration with software partners to optimize supply chains
• Educating the customer team to become fully self-sustaining in the new way of working

Your team needs you as well!

Challenge us and help us grow. Becoming part of our company gives you the opportunity to take an active role in our growth, development and sustainability.

Desired background:

• Background preferred in engineering, math, computer science or supply chain
• A university degree and/or at least 5 years of relevant experience in the field
• Additional (not required but strengthen qualifications): experience in forecast analysis, management consulting, supply chain development, software configuration and implementation or other relevant area in retail / consulting industry, experience with table queries, SQL, python, VBA, SAP

We value the following aspects in our candidates:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to learn on the fly, autonomy in delivering tasks, and self-starter approach to taking on new challenges and expanding your horizons
• Capability to interact confidently with customer teams
• Ability to understand SCM and other systems from business and IT perspectives
• Ability to gather requirements, carry out process design, training and user testing support
• Entrepreneurial attitude with interest towards growing the business

Personal characteristics:

• Consulting requires traveling to client sites on a consistent basis; an understanding of and desire for this lifestyle is desired
• Demonstrate an outstanding work ethic and a sense of urgency to resolve issues quickly and efficiently
• A high sense of ownership and personal accountability for ensuring the quality and timeliness of own work
• Proactive, result-driven and hands-on attitude towards work
• Desire to develop and challenge colleagues
• Team player

We offer:

• Working with a fun, ambitious, and committed team of passionate people
• A front seat in our young fast-growing company with lots of career and learning opportunities
• Position where you can help retailers fight against food waste
• Become a global citizen and work with customers around the globe